The alto relievo, called also haut-relief, or high relievo, is when the figure is
formed after nature, and projects as much as the life. Basso relievo, bass-relief, or
low relievo, is when the work is raised a little from the ground, as in medals, and
the ...

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niter Dature, and project* as muru as the life. jfo relirvo, baft-relief, or low rrlirvo, is
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or Universal dictionary of science, art, literature, and practical mechanics, comprising a popular view of the present state of knowledge

The alto relievo, called also haut-relief, or high relievo, is when the figure is
formed after nature, and projects as much as the life. Basso relievo, bass-relief, or
low relievo, is when the work is raised a little from the ground, as in medals, and
the ...

Or, Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences; on an Improved Plan: in which the Respective Sciences are Arranged Into Complete Systems, and the Arts Digested Into Distinct Treatises; Also the Detached Parts of Knowledge Alphabetically Arranged and Copiously Explained, According to the Best Authorities

The alto relievo, called also baut- relief, or high relievo, is when the figure is
formed after nature, and projects as much as the life. Basso relievo, bass relies,
or low relievo, is when the work is raised a little from the ground, as in medals,
and the ...

BASSO RELIEvo, that branch of sculpture which represents figures in such a
manner that no part of them is detached from the back ground; distinguished from
alto relievo, which has the grosser parts of the figure attached to the back ...